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Getting Student Buy-In On Information Literacy In A Generative Ai Information World, Vincent Larkin
Getting Student Buy-In On Information Literacy In A Generative Ai Information World, Vincent Larkin
Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
Even before the emergence of ChatGPT and similar programs, it could be difficult to get students interested in tracking down information sources and evaluating the authority, context and intent of content. With the emergence of generative AI tools, many educators are finding more unattributed or AI generated content in submitted student work, and for the students who use these tools, the speed and perceived authority of these tools may blind them to the difficulty of tracking and crediting the original sources. Given the emergence of these tools, how can we get students to value and put into practice information literacy …
Says Who? Challenges Of Teaching News Literacy In A Culture Of Secrecy, Kanchan Kaur
Says Who? Challenges Of Teaching News Literacy In A Culture Of Secrecy, Kanchan Kaur
First Global News Literacy Conference
India might be the world’s largest democracy, but it is still fraught with challenges that plague the underdeveloped world. India is quickly moving to a digital democracy—the ability to receive information in almost real time through mass media and to make one’s voice heard through social media (1) --with complex consequences. One of them has to do with a post-fact environment and non-state actors who try to influence public opinion to serve their own ends. Social media, especially WhatsApp, serves their purposes well, for instead of exposing people to diverse views, it mainly creates an echo chamber (2). Making matters …